TBILISI/BUCHAREST: House of Others by Rusudan Glurjidze is Georgia's candidate in the Foreign Language category at the 89th Academy Awards, while Romania has chosen Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu.

Do you know that there is a theory that you are connected to any other individual on this planet via a chain of six contacts only? Polish filmmaker Bartosz Dombrowski was inspired by the theory of American social psychologist Stanley Milgram to make the documentary 6 Degrees, that is part of this year’s programme of the KineDok project, organised by the Institute of Documentary Film.

CRAIOVA: The 7th edition of Divan Film Festival, the only festival dedicated to cinema and food in the Balkans, will start in Craiova on 20 August and will continue in Portul Cultural Cetate until 28 August 2016.

SOFIA: Serbian writer/director Bojan Vuletic is in postproduction with the dark comedy Requiem For Mrs J, a Serbian/Bulgarian/Macedonian coproduction. Famous Serbian actress Mirjana Karanovic is Mrs J, a middle-aged widow who decides to commit suicide.

WARSAW: New Europe Film Sales has sold Jan P. Matuszyński's The Last Family to Sweden and is in negotiations for USA and France.

BERLIN: Films from Poland and Czech Republic are among 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year's European Film Awards.

SAN SEBASTIAN: Association of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) and the Conference of Ibero-American Cinematographic Authorities (CACI) will launch a jointly funded co-development grant at the 64th San Sebastian Film Festival in 2016.

WROCLAW: Cultural managers and film agents from Lithuania, Czech Republic, Georgia and Poland are participating in the 4th edition of SOFA – School of Film Agents, set to take place in Wroclaw, Poland from 19 to 28 August 2016.

LOCARNO: Ralitza Petrova’s Godless won the Golden Leopard and Radu Jude’s Scarred Hearts the Special Jury Prize at the 69th edition of Locarno Film Festival held 3-13 August 2016.